Boards.ie favourite movie list - Nomination Thread

mikhail

Galvasean wrote: »

So, when are nominations open until?

Someone suggested one or two weeks. I'd lean towards the former: I think the thread will have eased off by then.

(I might make a new sticky thread for nominations only to save clutter if that's cool with people)

Makes sense. Would you be so good as to split out the relevant posts here?

mikhail

I'll assume someone else is going to nominate Twelve Angry Men, leaving me to push slightly more obscure stuff!

My nominations would be:

Tom Jones (1963)
Brazil (1985)
Divorce - Italian Style (1961)

thenakedanddead

mikhail wrote: »

Someone suggested one or two weeks. I'd lean towards the former: I think the thread will have eased off by then.

I say two. You say one. next opinion decides

thenakedanddead

mikhail wrote: »

I'll assume someone else is going to nominate Twelve Angry Men, leaving me to push slightly more obscure stuff!

My nominations would be:

Tom Jones (1963)
Brazil (1985)
Divorce - Italian Style (1961)

"12" was already in the long list

Goldstein

With thanks to Darko for the suggestion, I'm going to use one of my nominations for 13 Tzameti, an awesome French movie I had the good fortune to see recently. Incidentally "Tzameti" is the Georgian word for Thirteen. A French movie shot in black & white which only serves to enhance the claustrophobic atmosphere of the movie.

The plot centers on a young 22 year old roof repair man named Sebastian, who opens a Pandora's box upon the promise of big rewards and finds himself sucked into an underground competition where the participants are playing for keeps. Once he crosses the threshold, there's no turning back.

While watching this I forgot the cast were actually actors - The entire film plays as if you're one of the gamblers sat on a stool in the corner observing everything, the tension can almost be measured as a physical presence in some scenes. I would highly recommend this movie to anyone who hasn't seen it yet.

"When the light goes out, YOU SHOOT!"

e_e

My 3 favorites (desert island DVDs):

-Manhattan
-Princess Mononoke
-There Will Be Blood

johnny_ultimate

Well, I haven't had a chance to study the rocket science-esque method you guys have devised to determine this yet

However, having had a quick glance through the IMDB list (which I always raise eyebrows towards!), these are three notable absences I'd like to put forward, or at least didn't spot within the core 250:

Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966)
Tokyo Story (Yasujirô Ozu, 1953)
Festen (Thomas Vinterberg, 1998)

Hank_Jones

Is it just the nominating of films for voting?

I'd like to nominate:

Le samourai

La Haine

Almost Famous

mikhail

Hank_Jones wrote: »

Is it just the nominating of films for voting?

Yes, this is just nominations. Could a mod please change the title to something like "Boards.ie favourite movie list - nominate three films max"?

thenakedanddead

Given that it seems to have died down quite a bit already, it's probably best that we close the nominations next week. Any objections?

jaykhunter

I realise i'll get a lot of flack for these choices but here's my nominations for best film :

Back to the Future 1
Terminator 2 : Judgment Day
Batman : The Dark Knight

thenakedanddead

jaykhunter wrote: »

I realise i'll get a lot of flack for these choices but here's my nominations for best film :

Back to the Future 1
Terminator 2 : Judgment Day
Batman : The Dark Knight

All your nominations are redundant. Please choose another three.

Hank_Jones

He has already nominated everything that is on the IMDB top 250, so choose something that isn't on the list.

I was going to go with Midnight Cowboy (hint, hint ) , but was only allowed to choose 3, so I cut it.

IMDB Top 250 List

jaykhunter

Ah, ok. Read through the last few pages but didn't gleam that nugget of info lol

I'll have a think and get back to ya so. Was wondering why there were so few nominations!

SVG

Is this still going ahead?

If so I'd like to nominate Grizzly Man because it is great.

Goldstein

To summarise the nominations so far:
Remember, these are in addition to IMDb's Top 250, which are already considered nominated.
(Everyone has 3x nominations each)

• In the Mood for Love (2000), duckworth
• Dr. Zhivago (1965), Blue_Lagoon
• Misery (1990), thenakedanddead
• Running Down a Dream (2000), thenakedanddead
• Zodiac (2007), SVG
• On the Buses (1971), Nolanger
• Mutiny on the Buses (1972), Nolanger
• Holiday on the buses (1973), Nolanger
• Come and See (Idi I smotri) (1985), Tomohawk
• Wings of Desire (1987), Tomohawk
• Naked (1993), Tomohawk
• Tom Jones (1963), mikhail
• Brazil (1985), mikhail
• Divorce - Italian Style (1961), mikhail
• 13 Tzameti (2005), Goldstein
• Persona (1966), johnny_ultimate
• Tokyo Story (1953), johnny_ultimate
• Festen (1998), johnny_ultimate
• Le Samourai (1967), Hank Jones
• La Haine (1995), Hank Jones
• Almost Famous (2000), Hank Jones
• Grizzly Man (2005), SVG

thenakedanddead

"Is this still going ahead?"

Yeah, but I think it's best if we end it tomorrow as it is probably unlikely that we'll get further nominations.[/QUOTE]

e_e

Goldstein wrote: »

To summarise the nominations so far:
Remember, these are in addition to IMDb's Top 250, which are already considered nominated.

Ah sorry then I'll nominate these 3:

Chungking Express
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Persona

SVG

I have one nomination left so I'll pick This is Spinal Tap.

Goldstein

There are many more I could nominate for my final 2, but I'm gonna go with:

25th Hour (2002)

Gattaca (1997)

SB-08

I think the title of this thread needs to be changed in order to get more votes - or a seperate thread with the nominations so far moved there as I doubt most people who would like to vote have noticed that is what this thread has now become. I was only looking in here to see further suggestions on how to compile lists - so I don't think it should be closed this week as I'm sure loads more will add their top 3 once they are made more aware. So hard to pick just 3 not in the IMDB Top 250 but here goes

1. Mean Streets (1973)
2. As Good As It Get's (1997)
3. Dances With Wolves (1990)

It's a real shame we can only limit it to 3 - Doing quick searches just made be realise how silly the IMDB list really is - I am gobsmacked that all of these commercial classics (well most of them are imo) do not feature in the top 250 - especially the likes of Mean St, Easy Rider, All The President's Men, Jurrasic Park and Dirty Harry - those five in particular are way more iconic than most of what does feature :eek: - King Of Comedy, Mean Streets, Ronin, The Untouchables,Cape Fear (original and remake), A Bronx Tale (yep big DeNiro fan) The Insider, Carlito's Way, Scent Of A Women, Scarecrow And Justice For All (also big Pacino fan;) ) The Last Detail, Five Easy Pieces, Easy Rider, The Fugitive, Duel, Big, Deliverance, Mississippi Burning,The Outlaw Josey Wales, Dirty Harry, The Taking Of Belham 123 (original),Marathon Man,Midnight Cowboy, All The President's Men Halloween, The Hitcher (original), American Psycho, Zulu, Bullit, Superman 1 & 2, Miller's Crossing, The Italian Job, Last King Of Scotland, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Day Of The Jackal, , A Beautiful Mind, Falling Down,, Jerry Maguire, Leaving Las Vegas, Papillin, Ghostbusters, Midnight Run, Collateral, Malcolm X, Wonder Boys, The Abyss and The Game are others I'd have nominated off the top of my head that are not int he top 250. It's shocking considering some of the stuff that is on the list.

Goldstein

SB-08 wrote: »

It's a real shame we can only limit it to 3 - Doing quick searches just made be realise how silly the IMDB list really is - I am gobsmacked that all of these commercial classics (well most of them are imo) do not feature in the top 250 - especially the likes of Mean St, Easy Rider, All The President's Men, Jurrasic Park and Dirty Harry - those five in particular are way more iconic than most of what does feature :eek: - King Of Comedy, Mean Streets, Ronin, The Untouchables,Cape Fear (original and remake), A Bronx Tale (yep big DeNiro fan) The Insider, Carlito's Way, Scent Of A Women, Scarecrow And Justice For All (also big Pacino fan;) ) The Last Detail, Five Easy Pieces, Easy Rider, The Fugitive, Duel, Big, Deliverance, Mississippi Burning,The Outlaw Josey Wales, Dirty Harry, The Taking Of Belham 123 (original),Marathon Man,Midnight Cowboy, All The President's Men Halloween, The Hitcher (original), American Psycho, Zulu, Bullit, Superman 1 & 2, Miller's Crossing, The Italian Job, Last King Of Scotland, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Day Of The Jackal, , A Beautiful Mind, Falling Down,, Jerry Maguire, Leaving Las Vegas, Papillin, Ghostbusters, Midnight Run, Collateral, Malcolm X, Wonder Boys, The Abyss and The Game are others I'd have nominated off the top of my head that are not int he top 250. It's shocking considering some of the stuff that is on the list.

Agreed, I'd hoped the limited nature of IMDb's list would spur people into nominating some well known and unknown omissions whilst serving as a starting point so we didn't have to waste time and nominations building up the "usual suspects" for favourite movies.

Some other notable omissions I noticed that somebody may want to nominate:
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Lost in Translation (2003)
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
West Side Story (1961)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Waltz with Bashir (2008)
Hero (2002)

SB-08

Goldstein wrote: »

Agreed, I'd hoped the limited nature of IMDb's list would spur people into nominating some well known and unknown omissions whilst serving as a starting point so we didn't have to waste time and nominations building up the "usual suspects" for favourite movies.

Some other notable omissions I noticed that somebody may want to nominate:
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Lost in Translation (2003)
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
West Side Story (1961)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Waltz with Bashir (2008)
Hero (2002)

I'm seriously in shock that E.T is not in the top 250. It is surely one of 'those' films that just has to be there? It's a bit like 'Hey Jude' not featuring in a top 250 songs of all time. And Close Encounters as well? Those two are groundbreaking blockbusters - how can they not feature yet Avatar does? (and that is coming from someone who enjoyed Avatar but seriously). I also wouldve bet a lot of money that Lost in Translation would be given as well considering how critically acclaimed it is and loved by most people who have seen it.

losthorizon

Not in the IMDB Top 250

I nominate:

The Life and Death of Col Blimp
From the great Powell and Pressburger

The Magnificent Ambersons - I cant believe this didnt feature in the Top 250 :eek:

thenakedanddead

As suggested above, it would be very helpful if a moderator could alter the title. Perhaps, as suggested, this would let people know that this is the nomination process.

We'll keep it going for a further week.

johnny_ultimate

Thread title changed, will keep it stickied for a few days too.

johnn

Didn't see Vanilla Sky there, surely better than a good few in the top 250

OutlawPete

I'll go with:

White Heat (1949)
Mean Streets (1973)
Trading Places (1983)

Mickeroo

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Royal Tenenbaums
Fight Club

trustno1

My nominations would be:

The Life Aquatic
Hellboy
Drag me to Hell

Hank_Jones

Mickeroo wrote: »

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Royal Tenenbaums
Fight Club

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Fight Club are both listed on the IMDB top 250.
The whole IMDB top 250 has already been nominated, so you have two more nominations if you wish.

Mickeroo

Hank_Jones wrote: »

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Fight Club are both listed on the IMDB top 250.
The whole IMDB top 250 has already been nominated, so you have two more nominations if you wish.

Withnail & I
The Iron Giant

thenakedanddead

An above poster suggested that the three nom max system was limiting. who votes to scrap it and go wild?

Hank_Jones

Yeah, I'd much prefer that tbh.

Considering that I have seen more than three really great films that are outside the top 250, I really would like that.

The Commitments being one.

mikhail

How many films nominated this way will actually get more than one vote?

Goldstein

mikhail wrote: »

How many films nominated this way will actually get more than one vote?

Yes, that's the thing. Bear in mind that the nominations are for movies that you're actually considering voting for in your personal top 10/20 (Whichever we end up going with for the vote) and not movies you consider to be deserved of a place in the top250/top500 etc.

The one caution about unlimited nominations is I'd be a bit weary of someone coming along and pasting 20+ movies to nominate when they themselves will only be able to vote for 20 max outside the IMDB top250.

That said, I think we can all think of another few we might vote for that aren't here yet so how about upping it from 3 noms each to say 5? Would that be enough to allay people's concerns?

Also very conscious of the fine balance between being flexible in establishing a consensus modus operandi and excessively moving the goalposts.

I'd be for anything that maximises the participation in the actual vote after this nomination phase is done in a few more days. Realistically we need 50+ to get a nice distribution throughout the large data set, more would be even better.

SVG

thenakedanddead wrote: »

An above poster suggested that the three nom max system was limiting. who votes to scrap it and go wild?

If that happened, everyone's final top 10 vote would be the same as their nominations for the shortlist. I think it's nice to have to edit your choices and will make for a more interesting poll.

Maybe, in addition to the imdb 250, we could use the Sight & Sound or the AFI top movies list to ensure the classics are included.

I am worried though, considering the relatively low amount of people nominating films and the already large shortlist, that votes in the final poll will end up being dispersed all over the place with no clear winners.

Ideally, it'd be great if we could rely on nominations from boardsies only, without using imdb or other lists, but it doesn't look like there's going to be enough nominations here.

losthorizon

Other sites do it be decade first. You have a vote on the greates film of the pre 30's, 30s, 40,s , 50s etc

Everybody then votes on the decade winner to see what comes up at their favourite film. I mean using this system the last vote would have only 10 films.

titan18

I don't think American Psycho is there.I like that film.

Hank_Jones

Just going to mention some other favourites that I think deserve a place.
Obviously I have already given three nominations, just in case we do decide to go for a free for all.

Blazing Saddles
Moon
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter...and Spring
L'appartement
True Romance
Rebel Without a Cause
Blue Velvet
Nikita
The Breakfast Club
The Outsiders


These films are actually in my top 30 films and I would almost certainly vote for them if I could.

thenakedanddead

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Hank_Jones wrote: »

Just going to mention some other favourites that I think deserve a place.
Obviously I have already given three nominations, just in case we do decide to go for a free for all.

Blazing Saddles
Moon
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter...and Spring
L'appartement
True Romance
Rebel Without a Cause
Blue Velvet
Nikita
The Breakfast Club
The Outsiders


These films are actually in my top 30 films and I would almost certainly vote for them if I could.

Are you sure Rebel wasn't in the original list? It's a very good movie.

Hank_Jones

thenakedanddead wrote: »

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Are you sure Rebel wasn't in the original list? It's a very good movie.

Yeah I'm positive.

I checked that all of those films weren't on the list before I posted them here.

Goldstein

Latest nominations update below: (In order of nomination)
(Not including IMDb's top 250 which are already nominated)

• In the Mood for Love (2000) - duckworth
• Dr. Zhivago (1965) - Blue_Lagoon
• Misery (1990) - thenakedanddead
• Running Down a Dream (2000) - thenakedanddead
• Zodiac (2007) - SVG
• On the Buses (1971) - Nolanger
• Mutiny on the Buses (1972) - Nolanger
• Holiday on the buses (1973) - Nolanger
• Come and See (Idi I smotri) (1985) - Tomohawk
• Wings of Desire (1987) - Tomohawk
• Naked (1993) - Tomohawk
• Tom Jones (1963) - mikhail
• Brazil (1985) - mikhail
• Divorce - Italian Style (1961) - mikhail
• 13 Tzameti (2005) - Goldstein
• Persona (1966) - johnny_ultimate
• Tokyo Story (1953) - johnny_ultimate
• Festen (The Celebration) (1998) - johnny_ultimate
• Le Samouraï (1967) - Hank Jones
• La Haine (1995) - Hank Jones
• Almost Famous (2000) - Hank Jones
• Grizly Man (2005) - SVG
• Chungking Express (1994) - e e
• Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) - e e
• This Is Spinal Tap (1984) - SVG
• 25th Hour (2002) - Goldstein
• Gattaca (1997) - Goldstein
• Mean Streets (1973) - SB-08
• As Good As It Gets (1997) - SB-08
• Dances With Wolves (1990) - SB-08
• The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) - losthorizon
• The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) - losthorizon
• Vanilla Sky (2001) - johnn
• White Heat (1949) - OutlawPete
• Trading Places (1983) - OutlawPete
• The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) - Mickeroo
• The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) - trustno1
• Hellboy (2004) - trustno1
• Drag Me To Hell (2009) - trustno1
• Withnail & I (1987) - Mickeroo
• The Iron Giant (1999) - Mickeroo
• American Psycho (2000) - titan18
• The Breakfast Club (1985) - OutlawPete
• Two Days in the Valley (1996) - rednik
• Cutter's Way (1981) - rednik
• Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) - rednik
• Jurassic Park (1993) - Galvasean

FAO everyone: Nominations increased from 3 to 5 each as per below for the last few days of the nomination phase, belt away.

OutlawPete

Goldstein wrote: »

FAO Outlaw Pete: You have 1 more vote as Mean Streets was previously nominated by SB-08.

Cheers ..

Okay, I'll shout for The Breakfast Club so.

rednik

I will nominate the following,

Two days in the valley
Cutter's Way
Glengarry Glen Ross

Galvasean

Jurassic Park
Gladiator (already on 250 list)

My two favourite films

thenakedanddead

I'm bringing the limit up to five as per suggestion.

johnny_ultimate

Possibly the only best movie nomination list that features three On The Buses film.

Damn you Nolanger and your sarcasm :pac:

SB-08

Feck just realised Training Day also doesnt feature. Madness.

My final two films are:

E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Training Day (2001)

OutlawPete

Bumped to five, so I have two more?

I'll take:

Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)